做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 丈夫 zhàng fu husband syn 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 前夫 qián fū former husband 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 夫君 fū jūn (honorific) husband syn 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 男方 nán fāng (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side / the husband's side 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 婆家 pó jia husband's family syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents / parents-in-law syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 夫婿 fū xù (literary) husband syn 伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) syn 人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn 进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 老儿 老兒 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 相夫教子 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 鸾凤 鸞鳳 luán fèng luan and phoenix / husband and wife / virtuous person / sovereign / belle syn 姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt syn 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 婿 xù son-in-law / husband syn 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 孙女婿 孫女婿 sūn nǚ xù son's daughter's husband / granddaughter's husband syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xù brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 俪 儷 lì husband and wife syn 双职工 雙職工 shuāng zhí gōng working couple (husband and wife both employed) 外子 wài zǐ (polite) my husband 五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn 孙女婿 孫女婿 sūn nǚ xu son's daughter's husband / granddaughter's husband syn 殉节 殉節 xùn jié to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc) syn 侄女婿 姪女婿 zhí nǚ xu brother's daughter's husband / niece's husband syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 嫜 zhāng husband's father syn 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 当 當 dàng at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) syn 看看 kàn kan to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon syn 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn 真是 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) syn 管 guǎn to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards syn 拉 lā to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels syn 水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 